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Gold in Powell County, Montana

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 205 gold occurrences in Powell County — 112 of them past or active producers. Below is that record, readable: the documented sites, and the live map that puts claims, creeks, roads and geology under every one of them.

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Powell County by the numbers

205recorded gold occurrences
112past & active gold producers
111recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:

SiteStatusType
Pioneer District-MontanaPast producerplacer
Adams Brothers MinePast producer
Amazon MinePast producer
American Gulch PlacerPast producerplacer
Ballard Hill, French Gulch, Job's Point PlacersPast producerplacer
Ballard MinePast producerplacer
Barry Dean MinePast producer
Batterton BarPast producerplacer
Bilk and Weasel GulchPast producerplacer
Bilk and Weasel Gulch PlacerPast producerplacer
Blackbird PlacerPast producerplacer
Bluebell MinePast producer
Bluebird PlacerPast producerplacer
Buffalo GulchPast producerplacer
Buffalo Gulch PlacerPast producerplacer
BumblebeePast producer
Bumblebee MinePast producer
C.D. Hurd PlacerPast producerplacer
Caribou CreekPast producerplacer
Carpenter CreekPast producerplacer
Carpenter Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Charles Pryse PlacerPast producerplacer
Chicken Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Chimney Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
China BarPast producerplacer
Corbin MinePast producervein
Dark Horse MinePast producer
Deer Creek MinePast producervein
Deer Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Denver MinePast producer

Showing the top 30 of 205 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.

What this can — and can't — tell you

The public record shows where gold was documented, claimed and produced. It cannot tell you what's left, whether a specific creek still carries color, or that any spot will pay. What it CAN do is stack the odds: known sources upslope, the creeks that drain them, what's already claimed, and the bedrock — read together. Always verify claim status with BLM and land rules before you dig. Information, not advice.

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